Type-writing machine.



PATENTED DEG. 241907.

H. W. MERRITT.

TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLIGATION PILEDUMAY 25, 1904.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 25, 1904.

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r H15 ATTEIRNEY UNITED STATES PATENT- oFFrcE.

HENRY W. MERRITT, OF SYRACUSE, 'NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE MONARCH TYPEWRITER COMPANY, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TYPE-WRITING mom.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 24, 1907.

Application filed May 25. 1904. Serial No. 209,619.

new and useful Improvements in Type- Writing Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to typewriting machines and more especially to the manner in which the ty e bars are hung on the segment and also to t e means for guiding and arresting the segment in its case shift motion.

One embodiment of my. invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front View in transverse-vertical section of a t pewriting machine having my invention app ied thereto, and with parts omitted; Fig. 2 1s a plan view of-the type bar segment and the means for guiding the same; Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section through the machine; Fig. 4 is a plan view of a type bar; Fi 5 is a longitudinal section through.

one of t e hangers; Fig. 6 is a detail elevation of the means forguiding and arresting the segment at one side thereof, as seen from the back of the machine; Fig. 7 is a perspeclive view of a rail used for guiding the segment in my construction; and Fig. 8 is a detail side view of the roller separator.

Although some of the features of m invention are applicable to other sorts 0 machines, said invention is .more especially ap-; plicable to frontstrike typewnters and I ave accordingly shown it as applied to-the Monarch typewriter. The main frame of this machine comprises a base portion'l,

from which rise posts 2, which support a top plate 3 on which is mounted a carriage (not.

shown).which has thereon a platen 4. Key levers 5 are pivoted at 6 to the main frame and are restored to normal (position by springs 7". Sub-levers 8, ivote to the key, levers at 9, have slots 10 ormed therein and are guided by a fixed-rod 1 1. The construction is such that when the key is depressed the up er end of its'sub-lever is moved toward the back of the machine. Each sublever, at its upper end, has pivoted thereto a link 12 which extends therefrom toward the front of the machine and is pivoted to a type bar. The type bars are pivotally mounted on a shiftablo open-segment 13.

steps 14 and 15 bemg shown in the present instance, the step 14 being back of and having a less radius than the step 15. A series of type bar hangers are mounted on the segment, one set of hangers being mounted on each step. In the present instance these hangers are. secured tothe front vertical faces of the steps, but some of the advantages of the present arrangement of type bar hangers could be attained by mounting said hangers in other ways. The hangers 16 which are mounted on the step 14 havethe U-shaped outline best shown in Fig. 5, the lower part of the U forming substantially an elongated slot 1 7 through which extends the stem of a headed screw 18,-

which is threaded into the. segment. The v connection is such as to afford aradial adjustment of the hanger before the screw is fully tightened. The'two arms of the hanger are connected by a rivet 19 and have near their outer ends conical openings for the reception of the conical trunmons 21 of a t ebar 22, which-carries on its outer end a liiwer case t pe 23and an' uppercase type 24 (Fig.3). he hangers are spaced farther a art near the ends of the segment .than near t e center, and those han ers which are near the ends of the segment ave their arms spaced more widely apart, thus affording longer ivots to the type bars at and near the sides 0 the system, where. there is a greater tendency of lateral deflection of the type bars, than near the center of the segment. The type bar bearings may be tightenedyby heading up the rivets 19 and the rivets also constitute binding means that prevent any separation of the hangerarms in the action of the machine.

Thehangers 25 which are mounted on the front step 15 ofthe segment, are spaced intermediate the hangers 16 of the back step, and .each of the hanggrs 25 overlaps two of the is clearl shown'in Fig. 1,

back hangers. the front hangers 25 are a so U-shaped, but their arms are bent inward, as shown at 26, to permit of access with a screw-driver to the screws 18 of the back hangers. The construction is such that one of the hangers of thebackset may be removed or adjusted without disturbing those of the front set. Each of the front hangers 25 is formed with the conical bearings 20 and has a rivet 19 that unites the arms in the same manner as the hangers 16, ,and each of said hangers 25 is secured to the segment by a headed screw 26 threaded into the segment.

As best shown in Fig. 3, each of the hangers 25 has its upper end projecting beyond the upper end of the adjacent hangers 16 and curved at 27 toward the back of the machine, so that the pivot points 20 of the hangers 25 stand a little in front of and a little nearer the 1 center of the segment than the pivot points 20 of the adjacent hangers 16. I prefer to give the pivot points of the hanger 25 and the adjacent hangers 16 the relative positions shown in Fig. 3, in which the line joining the two pivot points substantially bisects the angle between a line drawn from one of said pivot points to the normal position of a type and a line drawn through that pivot point" and the printing point. Such aline would be perpendicular to the line drawn from the normal position of a type to the printing point. he parts being arranged in tnismanner, those type bars which are mounted on the front hangers 25will be swung in an arc of slightly less radius than those that are mounted on the hangers 16. The lowercase type 23 which is-conneeted to one of the front hangers, will swing in the are 28 (Fig. 3) and a lower case type which is connected to a hanger 16, will swing in the are 29. When the type bars are in their normal position resting against the segmental pad 30, those types which are connected to hangers 25 will lie at the same distance from the front of the machine as those that are connected to the hangers 16, so that the type will occupy almost exactly the same relative ositions in the basket as they would if all 0 their pivot oints were in a segment of the same circle. hose type bars which are connected to the hangers 16 are curved goose-necked fashion, as shown at 31, so as to clear the ends of the hangers 25. The links 12 pass forward over the top of the open segment and are pivoted to the type bars at 32, said links extending into slots 33 (Fig. 4) formed in the tops of the type bars. Washers 34 are placed beneath the heads of the screws 18, one washer being usedfor two screws and being nearly cut in two, as shown at 35 (Fig. 1), so thatwhenone of the hangersis removed or loosened, the washer will remain in'position, but without exerting any force. Each of the screws 26 has a washer36 which is formed with an arm 37 from which an arm 38 extends laterally. v i

In an opening 39 in the end of the arm 37 is secured one end of a type bar restoring spring 40 (Fig. 3), the otherend of which is secured at 41 to that type bar 22 whichis mounted on the hanger 25. In an opening 42 at the end of the arm 38 is secured oneend of a similar spring which is connected to the type bar 22 which is mounted on one of the adjacent hangers 16. Thus each of the washers 36 serves as a holder for two returning springs, one for a type bar of each set.

The segment 13 is shiftable up and down to bring the upper or lower case types into printing position by. the means ordinarily] used in the Monarch machine,,or by any suitable means which may be provided for the ;purpose such, for instance, as those shownin the patent to Jacob Felbel, No. 657,927, dated September 18th, 1900. I have provided novel means for guiding the segment in these shifting movements. Two posts or frame pieces 43 are rigidly mounted in the main frame and each-of them has a rail 44 (Figs.'2 and 7) seated in a vertical slot in its face. Each of the rails 44 has arafee-way 45 formed therein. A headed pull screw 46 extends through an unth'readed opening in the post 43 and is threaded into the outside face of the rail 44 near themiddle thereof, as shown in Fig. 1 Two push screws 47 are threaded through the against the outside face 0 the rail 44. These three screws afford any desired adjustment of the rail 44 in a direction toward and from the endof the segment. Said rail is clamped in adjusted position by set screws 48 which extend at right an les to the screws 46 and 47 and are threaded into the post 43 and bear against the front ed e of the rail 44. The segment13 is forme at its ends with raceways 49, (Fig. 2) which cooperate with the race-ways in the rails 44, through anti-friction balls or rollers 50. stance, I provide at each end of the segment, four anti-friction rollers, two of said rollers having their axes at right angles to the axes of the other two, as indicated in Fig. 1. The rollers 50 are spaced apart and held in proper position, two of them near the top and the other two near the bottom of the race-way, by a separator plate 51,'whi.cb lies behveen the rail 44 andthe end of the segment. and which has formed therein holes (Fig. in which the rollers play. The separator plate 51 has projecting-from the back edge thereof two lugs 53,,which are adapted to engage stop bars 54 and 55, adjustably mounted on the rear face of the post 43.

The horizontally adjustable stop bars 54 and 55 are the segment stops which limit the down and up motionsrespectively of the segment. These bars' are horizontally disposed and are secured to the posts by headed screws 56which pass throu h elongated slots 57in said bars and are t readed into the post. These bars are guided in their hori zontal adjustment and are held against rotationabout the screws 56 by flanges 58 projecting from the post 43. The outer end of each of the bars is bent to form a lug 60, be-

tween which and the post a screw-driver or otherinstrument may be inserted to move the vbaroutward. A lug 61 projecting from the back face of the segment 13, or a plate secured thereto, has a notch 62 with oblique top and bottom sides 63, and the ends of the bars 54 and 55 are formed with oblique stop I faces 64 which cobperate with the oblique faces 63- to'limit the movement of the seg post 43 and bearv In "the present inment. As will be readily understood, the

adjustmentof the bars 54 and 55 in a hori- 'zontal direction will regulate the up and down movement of the segment.

It will be erceived, more especially by an inspection 0 Figs. 1 and 3, that two consecutive han ers of the front set have their arms or branches close together andthat the ends of these hangers lie in the path or plane of.

motion of one of the type bars of the rear set. Said type bar of the rearset is curved around the ends of the han ers of the front set. and

has'the actuating lin 12 applied theretoata ies on the side of the front. anger opposite to the pivot of the rear type oint 32 which bar. In other words, the rear type bar is curved about the end of the hanger of the front type bar in such fashion that said hanger is interposed between the pivot of the rear type bar and the point in sand type bar at which the actuating link 12 is; ap lied thereto. By thus placing the hangers 0 one setclose together and arching the type bars of the other set over the ends of saidhangers, the space in the segment is utilized .to the best advantage, and I am enabled to use long pivots for the type bars. By an inspection of Fig. 3 it will also be perceived thatthe points 32 at which the actuating links 12 are applied to two consecutive ty e bars, and the pivots of those type bars. al .lie approximately in a plane which bisects the angle :between the normal position and the printing position of one of saidtype bars.

Various changes-in the details of construction and arrangements may be made without de arting from my invention.

. at I aimas new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I 1. In a front 'strike typewriting machine, the combination of twobearing faces, one arranged forwardlyof the other, two sets of type bar hangers, one set alone being mounted on each of said bearing faces and the han ers of the forward set extending upwar ly and overlapping those of the rear set, and type bars pivoted to each set of hangers.

.2. In a front-strike typewriting machine,

the combination of a segment having, its front face formed in two steps, one above and back of the other; a series of hangers secured to the upper or back step by screws; and a series of hangerssecured to the lower or forward step and-bent so as to ermit of access to the screwsof the other serles of hangers.

3. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a segment having an inte a1 stepped face, one step of said face being ack of and of less radius than the other; and a series of hangers mountedon said steps in staggered arrangement, the forward series of hangers extending upwardly and radially past the hangers of the'rearwa'rd-series.

4'. In a front-strike typewriting machine, the combination of a segment having a stepped face one stepof said face being back of. and of less radius than the other; a series -of hangersmounted on said steps, the'hangers on the front step having their pivot points nearer the center of the segment than those on the other step;-and type bars pivoted to said hangers.

.5. Ina front-strike typewritingmachine, the combination of a segment; a series of tylpe'bar hangers mounte thereon in-a plura ity of sets, the han ers of one set having their pivot points bac of and farther from the centerof the segment than those of the front set; type bars pivotedto said hangers, those type ars which are pivoted to the back-set of hangers curving over the hangers of the front set; slots in the upper edges of said type bars; lIIlkSnPiVOtBd to said type bars insaid-slots, andkeys connected :With saidlinks.

6. In a- :front-strike typewriting machine, the combination of two-upright sets of type .bar hangers secured uponsteppedbearing faces, thesteps being at different distances from the printing point, the hangers of one set being mounted on the step 'WhlCh is nearest 1 the printing point, the hangers of the other set being-secured to the ste farthest from the printing point, and said' ast mentioned set of hangers .being'lon er than the firstmentioned set andfbeing a so arranged to overla said set and to extend upwardly 10 earmg faces that are indifferent transverse planes fore and aft of the machine, two setsof individual overlapping type bar hangers, one set only bein mounted on each step of the segment and avingtype bar bearings that are in differentpla nes fore and aft of the machine and at different distances from the printing point,

and t pe bars-pivoted to said hangers.

- -9. n a typewriting machine, the combination of .an upright type barsegment having concentric stepped bearing faces that are in different transverse planes fore and aft of the machine, two sets of individual overlapping type bar hangers secured to said stepped bearing faces of the se ent, screws for securing said hangers in p ace, the screws of the rear set of hangers being accessible between the hangers-of the front set, and type bars pivoted to said hangers.

10. In a typewriting machine, the combination of an upright type bar segment having concentric stepped bearing faces that are in different transverse planes fore-and aft of the machine, two sets of individual overlapping type bar hangers secured by screws to said stepped bearing faces of the segment, the front set of hangers having contracted portions to afford access to the screws of the rear set of hangers and type bars pivoted to said hangers. IL

11. In a typewriting machine, the combination of an upright open segment having concentric stepped bearing faces that are in different transverse planes fore and aft of the machine, a'plurality of sets of overlapping staggered hangers secured to said stepped faces of the segment, the different sets of hangers havi'ngtype bar bearings that are in different planes fore and aft ofthe machine and at different distances from the printing Ipoint, type bars pivoted to said hangers and 'ey actuated links that extend over the open {type bar segment and connect with the type )ars.

' 12. In a typewriting machine, the combination of two sets of type bar hangers arranged in different planes, the front set of hangers having contracted portions to afford access to the fastening means of the hangers in the rear thereof.

13. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a segment having stepped bearing faces, a set of type bar hangers secured to each stepped bearing face, and. ty e bars ivoted to the hangers at different dlstances rom the printing point, all of the type bearing ends of the type bars being alined in the basket.

14. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a se ment having stepped bearing faces, a set of type bar hangers secured to each stepped bearing face, the hangers of one set being staggered relatively to the hangers of the other set, and type bars pivoted to the hangers at different distances from the printing point, and the forward set of type bars bein bent to clear the front set of han ers, all of the type bearing ends of the type ars being alined in the basket.

15.- In a typewriting machine, the combination of a segment having stepped bearing faces, a set of radially adjustable type bar hangers secured to each stepped bearing face, and type bars pivoted to the hangers at.

different distances from the printing point and in different planes fore and aftof the machine, all of the ty e bearing ends of the type bars being alined in the basket.

16. In a typewriting machine, the combination of an upright type bar segment havng concentric stepped bearing faces that are 1n different planes fore and aft of the machine, two sets of forked type bar hangers, .cne set being secured to each stepped bearing face, and. staggered relatively to the hangers of the other set, a set of screws for each set of hangers, one set of screws being behind the other set and accessible from between the hangers of the front set, and type bars pivoted" to the hangers, one set of bars being pivoted at a different distance from the {printing point than the other set andin a di erent plane fore and aft of the machine and the type bearing ends of all the bars being alined 1n the basket.

17. In a typewriting machine, the combination of 'a shiftable segment having roller bearing guides therein, cooperating roller bearing guides, bearing rollers interposed between saidguides, and means for effecting a relative adjustment of said guides, said ad'usting means comprising a central pivotal screw that is effective to produce a bodily movement of one of said guides andindividual adjusting screws near the ends of said guide and which act in opposition to said central or pivotal screw,

18. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a series of type bars pivoted to hangers in a plurality of rows; returning sprin s each connected at one end to a typeer; and a series of fixed pieces to each ofwhich is connected a plurality of said springs, the spring for one type bar of each ,row being connected to each of said fixed pieces.

19. In a front-strike typewriting machine, the combination of a segment; a series of han ers secured by screws to the front face 0 said segment in a plurality of rows, one row being in front of another; washers for the securing screwsof the hangers of the front row; type bars pivoted to said hangers; and returning springs,

each connected at one end to a ty e bar, and at the other end to one of sa1 Washers, all of said springs being connected to the Washers of the front row of hangers.

20. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a stepped segment; a series of type bars; hangers for said type bars mounted on said se ment, one set of said hangers on each of t 1e steps, and the hangers on the'front step overlapping those on a back step ;-screws securing saidhangers to said segment; washers for the screws of a back step, one of such washers cooperating with a plurality of screws; washers for the screws of the front step; and returning springs for said type bars, all of said returning springs being connectedto the washers of the front step.

21. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a shiftable segment having a race-way at the end thereof; a frame piece; a rail having a race-way which 006 crates with the race-way at the end of t e segment, said'rail being adjustably connected evens t with said frame piece by pull and push I screws; and anti-friction rollers in said raceways. g

22. In a typewritin machine, the combination of a shifta )le segment having race-ways at the ends thereof; frame pieces; rails having race-ways which cooperate with the race-ways at the ends of the segment; each of said frame pieces having a screw passing themtl'irough and threaded into one of said rails; screws threaded through said frame pieces and engaging'said rails; and anti-friction rollers in said race-ways. I

23. In a typewriting machine, the co'mhination of a-shiftable segment havin'g race- Ways at the ends thereof; slotted frame pieces; rails seated in said slotted frame pieces and having race-ways which cooper ate with the race-ways in the ends of the segment; pull and push screws for adjusting said rails in the slots; set screws for clamping said rails in adjusted position; and antifriction rollersin said race-ways.

24; Ina typewriting machine, the combi-" nation with a shiftable segment, of two cooperating race-ways, one of which is on the segment and the other of which is on the frame of the machinemne of said race-ways being in a rail which is adjustable by pull and push screws; and antisfriction rollers in said race-ways' v 7 25: In a typewriting machine, the combination with a segment which is shiftable up and'down, of stopsfor said segment, said stops having oblique stop surfaces and being adjustable horizontally.

26. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a shiftable segment, of segment stops consisting of slide-bars having oblique stop-faces. I

27. Ina typewriting machine, the combination with a-segment which-is shiftable up and down, of segment stops consisting of bars having oblique stop faces and adjustable in a horizontal direction; and means for guiding said bars and holding them in adjusted position.

' 28. In a typewrit-ing machine, the combination of-a shiftable segment; frame pieces having guides for said segment; and segment stops mounted on said frame pieces for adjustment toward and from said segment, said stops having oblique stop surfaces.

29. In a typewritin machine, the combination with a shift-abIe segment and frame pieces having guides for said segment, of segment stops consisting of bars mounted on said frame pieces and having oblique stop surfaces; said bars being guided by flanges on said frame pieces and connected to said frame pieces by screws which pass through slots in said bars.

30. In a front-strike ta'pewriting machine;

the combination of a series of type bars arranged in two sets, the type bars of one set alternating with those of the other; a forked hanger for each of said type bars,said hangers arranged in two sets, the hangers of one set having their pivot oints'nearertothe frontof the machine and nearer to the printing point than those of the other set, and the ends of the hangers of the front set lying in the planes of motion of the ty e bars of the rear set, and said type bars oft ie rear set being curved or formed to avoid interference with said hangers of the front set; and a segment to which said hangers are secured.

31. In a front-strike typewriting machine,

the combination of a series of front-strike type barsarranged in two sets, the type bars of one set alternating with those of the other; means for actuating said type bars; a forked hanger for each type. bar, said hangers arranged in two sets; the hangers of one set having their )ivot points nearer to the printin point and nearer" to the front of the machine than those of the other set, and the ends of the hangers of one set lying in the planes -'of motion of the type bars of the other set, said type bars of thelatter set being curved about the ends of the hangers of the other set.

In a typewriting machine, the combination ofv two I front-strike type bars, ar- .rangod side by side; means for actuatin said type bars; and a hanger for each of sai type bars; the han er of the first of said type bars having an end lying in the lane of motion of the second of said type ars, said second type bar being curved around said end of said han er and having its actuating means applied thereto on the side of said end of said hanger opposite to the pivot of said second type bar.

.33. In a typewriting machine, the combination of two front-strike type bars having elon ated pivots, the pivot of one type bar over apping that of the other, and said pivots being so disposed that a line drawn through both pivots would approximately bisect the angle between the normal position and the printing position of a type bar; actu- .ating means for said type bars; a separate han or for each of said type bars, the end of the ranger of the first type bar standin in the plane of motion of the second type ar,

and said second type bar being curved around said end of said hanger and having its actuating means a plied thereto on the side of said end of said ranger approximately opposite to the pivot of said second ty e bar.

34. In a typewriting machine, tl ie combination of two front-strike typebars having overlapping pivots so disposed that a line through both pivots would approximately biseet the angle between the normal position and the printing osition of one of said type bars; a separate iianger for each of said type bars, an end of the hanger of one type bar lying in the plane of motion of the other type bar, said other t pe bar bein curved about said end of said hanger in such fashion that-said end of saidlhanger isinterposed between the pivot of said typle bar and the point in said type bar at wh1c its actuating means is applied to it.

35. In a typewriting machine, the combination of two front-strike type bars havin overlapping pivots actuating means for sai type bars, the points of application of said actuatin means to said type bars and the pivots of said type-bars all'lying approximately, in'a plane that bisects the angle between the normal position and the printing position of one of said type bars.

36. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a segment having stepped bearing faces; a series of front strike type bars arranged in two sets; a series of individual hangers for said type bars, the hangers of each set being mounted on one of the steps of said se mentyand actuating means for said type ars, the points of application of said actuating means to two consecutive type bars and the pivots of said type bars all lying approximately in a plane that bisects the angle between the normal position and the printing position of one of said type bars.

37 In a typewriting machine, the combination of a segment having stepped bearing faces; .a series of type bar hangers arranged in two sets, one mounted on each of said bearing faces a series of type bars mounted in said hangers; and actuating means for said type bars; the pivots of the type bars of one set overlap ing those of the other set and so disposed t at a line throu h two of said pivots would approximately isect the angle between the normal position and the printing position of one of said type bars, an end of the hanger of one type bar lying in the plane of motion of a t pe bar of the other set, said other type bar fieing curved about said end of said hanger in such fashion that said end of said hanger is interposed between the pivot of said type bar and the point in said type bar at which its actuating means is applied to it.

38. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a segment having stepped bearing faces f a series of individual type bar hangers arranged in two sets, one set mounted on each of said bearing faces; a series of type bars pivoted to said hangers; and actuating means for said type bars; a hanger of the first set having an end lying in the plane of motion of a type bar of the second set, said type bar being curved around said end of said hanger and having its actuating means applied thereto on the side of said end of said hanger opposite to the pivot of said second type bar. p

39. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a shiftable type bar segment;

frame pieces for en porting or guiding said segment, and provi ed with slots havin rails set therein, roller bearings between 'sai segment, and said frame pieces, said roller bearings 'comprisin a race-Way in each end of the se ment and an opposing race-way in each of sai rails, and means for adjusting the two ends of each of said rails independently, the race-Way in the rail at one end'of the segment facing that in the rail at the other end of the segment.

40. In a front-strike typewriting machine, the combination of a type bar segment having two bearing faces, one nearer the front of the machine than the other; two sets of type bars of different lengths; and two sets of individual hangers in which said bars are piv oted, the hangers for the longer type bars being'mounted on the rear bearing face of the segment and the hangers for the shorter type bars on the forward bearing face and the pivots of the type bars being so arranged that the type bearing ends of said type bars are normally in alinement. b

4 1. In a front-strike typewriting machine, the combination of a type bar segment having two bearing faces, one nearer to the front of the machine than the other; two sets of type bars of different lengths, said type bars having long ivots; and individual hangers for said ty e liars, the hangers for the shorter type bars lleing secured to the forward hearing face of the segment and said hangers standing in front of the hangers for the longer type bars, said hangers for the longer typ'e bars being secured to the rear bearing face of the segment.

.42. In a front-strike typewriting machine, the combination of a type bar segment having two bearing faces, one nearer to the front of the machine than the other, two sets of type bars of different lengths, said type bars aving long pivots, and individual hangers for said t e bars, the hangers for the shorter type bars heing secured to the forward hearing face of the segment and said hangers standing in front of the hangers forthe longer type bars, said hangers for the longer type bars being secured to the rear bearing face of the segment and the pivots of the type bars being so arranged that the type bar bearing ends of said type bars are normally in alinement.

43. In a front-strike typewriting machine, the combination of a stepped segment having bearing faces. one in front of the other; a single set of type bar hangers mounted on the rear bearing face; a single set of type bar hangers mounted on the front bearing face and extending upwardly and overlapping the hangers on the rear bearing face; type bars pivoted in both sets of hangers; a set of securing screws for holding the rear set of hangers; and a. separate set of securing screws for holding the front set of hangers, said sets front side'front and rear beari 1-0 of screws .to the front-beari of screws engaging res ectively with said front and rear bearing aces and'the'screws of one set alternati with those of the other. 44. In a front-strl e typewriting machine,

5 the combination of a segment having on its gle set of short hangers secure by a setof screws to the rear bearing face; asingle set of longer hangers secured by a separate set face, the longer hangers exten upwar y and overlapping the shorter angers and having confaces, a sin-- tracted neck -portions ,between their ends where the'5 pass the screws of the rear set of hangers so as to render said screws readily 15 accessible.

Signed at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, this 19th day of May A. D. 1904.

I HENRY MERRITT,

Witnesses:

CHAs. H. C'ooKE,

EARL D. Cnmnn. 

